Geniuses can be scintillating and geniuses can be somber, but it's tha…

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Geniuses can be scintillating and geniuses can be somber, but it's that inescapable sorrowful depth that shines through-originality. ✨ Jack Kerouac, Ann Charters (1995). The portable Jack Kerouac, Penguin Group USA
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What a horror it would have been if the world was real, because if the world was real, it would be immortal. ✨ Jack Kerouac (1986). The Dharma Bums, p.134, Penguin
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Geniuses can be scintillating and geniuses can be somber, but it's that inescapable sorrowful depth that shines through-originality. ✨ Jack Kerouac, Ann Charters (1995). The portable Jack Kerouac, Penguin Group USA

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